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Pronunciation : Break"fast
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Break + fast.]
Definition : 1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. Shak.

2. A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Break"fast
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. Prior.

i. [imp. & p. p. breakfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breakfasting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Break"fast
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To furnish with breakfast. Milton.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913